Type V
Colombia's digital nomad visa category, carrying a roughly 42% rejection rate in 2025.
Last refreshed: 29 May 2026
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Nomads & Communities- What is Colombia's Type V digital nomad visa and how do I apply?
- The Type V is Colombia's visa for remote workers earning income outside Colombia. It lasts up to two years, requires roughly 1,400-1,450 USD/month income in 2026, and health cover with medical repatriation. It is administered by the Cancilleria.Source:
- Why does Colombia's Type V visa have such a high rejection rate?
- According to immigration-practitioner tracking (not official Colombian government data), roughly 42% of Type V applications were rejected in 2025, the highest of any major nomad visa. The Cancilleria has not published its own approval figures, so the cause of specific rejections is not officially documented.Source:
- Will Colombia's Type V income requirement go up every year?
- Yes. The income floor is pegged to Colombia's domestic minimum wage and rises automatically each January when the minimum wage is revised, regardless of any deliberate nomad-policy decision.Source:
- Does travel insurance count for the Colombia Type V visa health requirement in 2026?
- No. From 2026, health cover must include medical repatriation; standard travel insurance alone no longer qualifies.Source:
Background
The Type V ("Visa Tipo V") is Colombia's visa category for digital nomads and remote workers. It permits holders to live and work remotely from Colombia for up to two years, with income sourced outside the country from a foreign employer or clients. For 2026, the monthly income floor rose approximately 23% in line with Colombia's domestic minimum-wage increase, reaching roughly 1,400 to 1,450 US dollars per month. A new health-cover requirement additionally mandates medical repatriation cover; travel insurance alone no longer qualifies.
According to immigration-practitioner tracking (not any Colombian government release), the Type V carried a rejection rate of roughly 42% in 2025, the highest of any major nomad visa globally. Colombia's foreign ministry, the Cancilleria, has not published official approval and rejection figures for the category, so the 42% estimate derives from practitioners compiling application outcomes across their client bases. The high rejection rate functions as an informal cap: two in five applicants are turned away, keeping the legal inflow restricted without any declared quota. Rejected applicants frequently return on tourist-visa chains, maintaining displacement pressure in cities such as Medellin without contributing residence-tax revenue.
The income floor's automatic escalation with the minimum wage makes Type V tightening politically durable: no one has to vote for the increase each January, and the link to domestic labour benchmarks means the bar rises regardless of nomad-policy intent. The combination of a high rejection rate and an auto-escalating floor places Colombia at the tighter end of the LATAM nomad-visa landscape.